Ranji Trophy, Round 2, Day 3, Lunch: Updates

Bangalore, 2013/Nov/09 07:38:00

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Group A:

Gujarat v Delhi: At Surat, the Group A encounter is placed on a knife-edge with Delhi reaching 269/7 at lunch, just 52 runs short of overhauling Baroda's first innings score of 320. Mithun Manhas was dismissed after a well compiled 104 while Akshar Patel had impressive figures of 4/45.

Karnataka v Jharkhand: At Mysore, Mayank Agarwal missed out on a deserving century on first class debut but the hosts were well placed at 231/3 in reply to Jharkhand's first innings score of 364 all-out. Varun Aaron, making a return after a long time in sidelines was unimpressive.

Punjab v Mumbai: At Chandigarh, Rajwinder Singh Singh struck thrice in quick succession, but Mumbai built up a handy 299 run lead. Singh had impressive figures of 3/77 but the other celebrated Singh, Harbhajan failed to take any wicket as the visitors reached 172/4 in their second essay.

Vidarbha v Haryana: At Nagpur, Hemang Badani anchored Vidharba's reply to Haryana's first innings score of 329. He made a patient 65 as the hosts reached 176/5. Jayant Yadav had impressive analysis of 4/49.

Madhya Pradesh v Tamil Nadu: At Indore, Tamil Nadu are all set to earn the first innings honours after they reduced the hosts to 102/4. The visitors had earlier declared at their overnight score of 532/8. Naman Ojha made a fighting 41 before being castled by Lakshmipathy Balaji.

Rajasthan v Bengal: At Jaipur, Bengal continued to take a stranglehold on the match after reaching 281/5, a lead of 37 runs. Wicket-keeper batsman, Wriddhiman Saha was batting on 76. Aniket Chaudhary impressed with the ball for the hosts, taking 4/77.

Railways v Saurashtra: At Delhi, both teams were involved in a dogged fight for the first innings lead in a low scoring encounter. After being bowled out for 165, Saurashtra reduced Railways to 141/7. Only Manoj Rawat showed some fight, chipping in with a solid 62.